Lhykhis

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Lhykhis
Lhykhis[1]
Title(s)	The Whispering Web
Species	Aeldari
Type	Asuryani
Gender	Female
Occupation(s)	Phoenix Lord of the Warp Spiders
Affiliation(s)	Craftworld Eldar

Lhykhis, the Whispering Web, is an Eldar Phoenix Lord and the founder of the Warp Spider Aspect.^[2]

History

Lhykhis was one point, considered dormant for she had been absent for so long that even the Eldar believed her lost.^[3] More recently, however, Lhykhis has returned, becoming one of the more active Phoenix Lords, travelling far and wide in defense of the Asuryani and leading her Warp Spiders to battle wherever eldar lives are threatened. Operating in this way, Lhykhis most commonly appears swiftly, braving long leaps through the warp to deliver maximum damage before dissapearing to the next field of battle.^[1] For this reason, Lhykhis has been rarely recorded leading many Imperial scholars to consider her apocryphal.^[3]

She embodies the Eldar god Khaine's willingness to risk everything for victory and is considered to be a daredevil, even amongst her fellow Phoenix Lords.^[1] A master of the combat style of her Aspect, she specializes in ambushes and swift, sudden assaults.^[3] Despite the dangers of these attacks, Lhykhis is known for repeatedly plunging into the Warp without fear and uses her keen eye for navigation to go farther and more accurately than even the most ancient Warp Spider Exarchs When the Eldar need her, though, Lhykhis emerges from the Warp to save them from doom.^[3]

Equipment

Lhykhis wears a unique four-armed Aspect Armour to which are mounted twin monofilament injectors (akin to a Harlequin's Kiss) dubbed the Spider's Fangs, twin Death Spinners known as Brood Twain, and the sword Vhattarkan known as the Weaverender which crackles with energy and can slice through the fabric of reality itself.^[1]

Images

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  Miniature (10th Edition)^[3]

See also

• Lhykosidae - a Warp Entity constituted from the warp presense of the Craftworld's Warp Spiders to serve as an agent of the Infinity Circuit, most often by inhabiting a Warp Spider Aspect Warrior to become the "Wraith Spider".^[4]

Sources

• 1: Codex: Aeldari (10th Edition), pg. 45
• 2: Warhammer Community: World Championships Preview – Aeldari Phoenix Lords step from the webway (Archived from the original on 22 Nov 2024. Last accessed 22 November 2024)
• 3: Warhammer Community: Lhykhis the Whispering Web – Who is the Warp Spider Phoenix Lord leaping into the new Codex: Aeldari? (posted 20/1/2025) (Archived from the original on 12 Jan 2025. Last accessed 22 Jan 2025)
• 4: Eldar Prophecy (Novel), Chapter Six